Several conservative heavyweights are thought to be considering running in the key June 18 race.
Friday 26/02/2021
An Iranian man votes during parliamentary election at a polling station in Tehran on February 21, 2020. (AFP)
TEHRAN Iran will vote in June for a successor to President Hassan Rohani and his moderate-reformist government, but politics in the country is dominated by the nuclear issue and no frontrunner has emerged.
Several conservative heavyweights are thought to be considering running in the key June 18 race, with the winner to help set the direction of the Islamic Republic.
“For the moment, the electoral atmosphere remains cold,” political analyst Amir Mohebian said, adding that when politicians “try to warm it up, people are not paying attention.”
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